ETUC adopts Athens Declaration
The 12th Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) took place in Athens from the 16th to the 19th of May. Fintan Farrell, Director of EAPN was present at the Congress.
EAPN Executive Committee meets in Szécsény, Hungary
On the occasion of the recent EAPN Executive Meeting in Hungary a Conference was held on the First Four Years of the Szécsény Children’s programme.
EAPN input on the role of the Social OMC in the context of Europe 2020
{jathumbnail}EAPN has lobbied actively to defend and reinforce the Social Open Method of Coordination (OMC) as an independent, integrated, rights-based strategy aiming to prevent as well as alleviate poverty and ensure access to pensions, health and long-term care and presents today its position on the role of the social OMC.
EAPN speaks at EPHA Annual Conference: Delivering a healthy and sustainable future for all? – European Charter for Health Equity
14/04 – Following its annual conference, EPHA launched a press release “Life expectancy of the poorest is eight years shorter than for the most wealth” highlighting the impact of poverty on health inequality as one of the key social determinants –and calling for action from all actors, particularly in the context of Europe 2020.
7 days of rowing on the Danube (20 – 27 August) to raise Funds for EAPN and Amnesty International Slovakia
{jathumbnail}Row4Rights is a unique and challenging rowing event. It starts in Austria and finishes over 400 km downstream in the Hungarian capital of Budapest.
EAPN meeting Croatian NGOs and supporting network initiative group
On 31 March, about 40 representatives of social NGOs active in Zagreb or in the whole of Croatia met in a roundtable discussion on the Role of Civil Society in Social Exclusion in Croatia.
14th Council of European Green Party discusses the Social Dimension of the Green New Deal
EAPN Director, Fintan Farrell, was invited by the European Green Party to take part in their plenary discussion on the social dimension of the Green New Deal at its Council held in Budapest from 21 March to 3 April.
Were EU leaders serious when committing to poverty-reduction target?
{jathumbnail}In advance of the Spring Council 24-25 March, EAPN wrote to the Prime Ministers and Heads of State and Governments, to express its alarm at the current discussions and decisions taking place on Economic Governance (Reform of the Stability and Growth Pact and the Pact for the Euro), happening without adequate public and democratic scrutiny and without a proper assessment of their social impact.
EAPN speaks at Economic Policy Forum seminar on more equal income distribution for better economic and social stability
23/03 – The seminar was organized as part of the EPC Well-Being 2030 project.The seminar produced an unusually frank exchange between a representative of the European Commission’s Economic and Financial DG (ECFIN) of the (Karl Pichelmann), Trade Unions: Rory O’ Farrell, and Sian Jones from EAPN.
Spring Social Conference
On 10-11 March representatives of trade unions, NGOs, and social networks from 15 EU countries got together for the first Spring Social Conference, in which also EAPN participated.